In the Studio in collaboration with Contemporary Art Matters
In The Studio is a series of short films made with artists, centered on process, presence, and the act of making. The work favors observation over explanation, creating space for artists to speak — and work — on their own terms.
Rufai Zakari
Rufai is a visual artist who lives and works between Accra and Bawku, Ghana. The founder of Rujab Eco-Art Foundation in his hometown of Bawku, he bases his practice on recycling waste from the streets of Ghana.
Matt Wedel
Matt is a ceramic artist based in Athens, OH. He is known for large-scale sculptural vessels that balance monumentality with vulnerability, emphasizing process, color, and the human hand.
Erika B. Hess
Erika is a painter and curator who maintains studios in Columbus, OH, and Long Island City, NY. She is an abstract artist whose work is driven by nature and femininity, while also investigating color and form. She is the creator and host of the podcast, I Like Your Work.
Jared Thorne
Jared is a photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. His work confronts political and social realities through direct, visually striking imagery. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at The Ohio State University.
Laura Sanders
Laura is a painter who lives and works in Columbus, OH, and maintains a studio in Long Island City, NY. Her work explores portraiture and color through a quiet, self-directed practice informed by autonomy and women’s independence.
Heather Jones
Heather is an interdisciplinary artist based in southwestern Ohio. Her practice sways between fabric and paint, engaging material histories and pattern driven pieces.
Bruce Robinson
Bruce is a visual artist based in Columbus, Ohio. He is a Professor Emeritus at the Columbus College of Art and Design, where he taught for 32 years. Bruce works with reclaimed wood and found material, crafting objects shaped by history, intuition, and reuse.
Nikos Fyodor Rutkowski
Nikos makes mixed-media paintings that layer paint and sewn forms to investigate identity, material history, and the cyclical nature of experience. He lives and works in Columbus, Ohio.